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Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale turquoise-blue, and painted in blue and orange. Circular with curved sides, standing on a footring, pierced by a hole before firing. The middle is decorated with half-length portraits of William III and Mary II and the initials 'W M R'. encircled by three narrow concentric circles.
History note: Mr Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom bought for £5.10s.0d. on 16 November 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 20.9 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
Circa
1689
CE
-
1694
CE
The shape of this dish is unusual
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue and orange)
Base
Diameter 10.7 cm
buff
Earthenware
pale turquoise
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale turquoise, and painted in blue and orange high-temperature (oxide) colours
Accession number: C.1449-1928
Primary reference Number: 72018
Old object number: 2185
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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